LEFT-OVER MILK.—­Small quantities of unsterilized milk or cream left over should always be carefully scalded, then cooled at once to a temperature of 60, deg. and put in a cool place, in order to keep it sweet and fresh until the next meal.

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    “Care preserves what Industry gains.  He who attends to his business
    diligently, but not carefully, throws away with one hand what he
    gathers with the other.”—­Colton.

    “What does cookery mean?”

It means the knowledge of all fruits and herbs and balms and spices—­it means carefulness, and inventiveness, and watchfulness, and willingness, and readiness of appliance.  It means the economy of your great grandmothers and the science of modern chemists,—­it means much tasting and no wasting.—­Ruskin.

     A penny saved is two pence clear
     A pin a day’s a groat a year.

    —­Franklin.

    Bad cooking is waste—­waste of money and loss of comfort.  Whom God
    has joined in matrimony, ill-cooked joints and ill-boiled potatoes
    have very often put asunder.—­Smiles.

    Never sacrifice the more precious things—­time, health, temper,
    strength—­in attempting to save the less precious—­money.

    —­Sel.

    Learn by how little life may be sustained and how much nature
    requires.  The gifts of Cerea and water are sufficient nourishment
    for all peoples.—­Pharsalia.

THE ART OF DINING

Human nature is so susceptible to externals, while good digestion is so dependent upon interior conditions, that all the accessories of pleasant surroundings—­neatness, cheeriness, and good breeding—­should be brought into requisition for the daily gathering of the family at mealtime.  The dining room should be one of the airiest, choicest rooms in the house, with a pleasant outlook, and, if possible, with east windows, that the morning sun may gladden the breakfast hour with its cheering rays.  Let plants, flowers, birds, and pictures have a place in its appointments, that the association with things bright and beautiful may help to set the keynote of our own lives in cheerful accord.  A dark, gloomy, ill-ventilated room brings depression of spirits, and will make the most elaborate meal unsatisfactory; while the plainest meal may seem almost a feast when served amid attractive surroundings.  Neatness is an important essential; any home, however humble, may possess cleanliness and order, and without these, all charms of wealth and art are of little account.